Week 3 Preview: BC NN Get Winning Taste

23 January 2012

EUROCHALLENGE

32-year-old Polish forward Michal Ignerski led all scorers in BC NN's win over Zalgiris in the VTB League

BC Nizhny Novgorod are off to an 0-2 start in the EuroChallenge Last 16 but there is cause for hope of staying alive in the competition after their impressive showing over the weekend in the VTB United League.

"This is a beautiful and interesting victory for the fans and it's important to us, especially after the defeat to Triumph Lyubertsy (Russian PBL) and Besiktas (EuroChallenge)," BC NN coach Zoran Lukic said.

"Zalgiris lost in their last home game, and this probably also affected the mood of our guests.

"Of course, not everything went smoothly, and sometimes Zalgiris got too close to us because of our own mistakes, but everything ended well and we beat the Lithuanian team for the second time."

BC NN are fourth in the VTB United League Group A with a 6-5 record while Zalgiris are sixth.